Network Research Centers

January 1, 2008



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The transformation from a function and process model is in full swing. Network
thinking, orientation, analysis, visualizations and optimization are rapidly
subsuming the function and process mentality. The network mindset is rising fast
for organizations, businesses, industries, the environment and civil society.
Network analysis, visualization and optimization is the critical discipline for
effective KM, collective intelligence, productivity growth, innovation and
performance.



One leading indicator of the enormous importance of network analysis to people,
business, government, militaries and society is the explosion of network
research centers at major universities. Below, is a quick, unscientific,
anecdotal sample.



Formatted list: http://tinyurl.com/38ojkj



Carnegie Mellon: http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/

Columbia: http://www.coi.columbia.edu/

European Coalition: http://www.feem-web.it/ctn/10about.html

Harvard: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/netgov/html/index.htm

IBM Labs: http://tinyurl.com/3xfgnk

Indiana University: http://nwb.slis.indiana.edu/

Iowa State: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/anetwork.htm

Lehigh University: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inchain/

MIT: http://reality.media.mit.edu/

NYU Stern Business: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/site.html

Simon Frasier University: http://www.insna.org/

Stanford: http://www.stanford.edu/group/esrg/siliconvalley/home

Santa Fe Institute Business Net: http://www.santafe.edu/network/

U. of Massachusetts: http://supernet.som.umass.edu/

UC Berkeley: http://ssme.berkeley.edu/

University of Greenwich: http://tinyurl.com/2op9c5

University of Irvine: http://www.imbs.uci.edu/

University of Kentucky: http://networklinks.org/

UCLA: http://hcs.ucla.edu/home.htm

University of Ljubljana: http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/

Northwestern: http://www.northwestern.edu/nico/

Notre Dame: http://www.nd.edu/~networks/index.htm

Nuffield Network Researchers: http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/nnnr

University of Toronto: http://baderlab.org/

University of Virginia: https://webapp.comm.virginia.edu/networkroundtable/

University of Washington: http://www.csss.washington.edu/



This is an extremely broad basis for applied network research, analysis and
visualization. There are enormous grants from governments and corporate in value
science, markets and networks. They are the key leading indicators that value
networks and value networks analysis thinking and adoption has sharply
accelerated for the enterprise, institutions and commercial organizations of all
stripes.



Value networks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_network

Value network analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_network_analysis





Some Important Professors and Related Institutions



(Note: We know there are other VIPs [very important professors] at the other
institutions listed above. The ones below deserve merit but do not have a
bricks-n-mortar network research center at the moment.)



Ron Burt, University of Chicago GBS http://tinyurl.com/2ufz84

Wayne Baker, University of Michigan http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/wayneb/

Doug White, UC Irvine
http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/

Ron Breiger, University of Arizona http://www.u.arizona.edu/~breiger/



If you can add to this list just send a note to http://xri.net/@colabria and
we’ll keep it up-to date. This list will be open, update and published for
all. All university, government, corporate or military centers conducting
fundamental, applied, primary and secondary research in network analysis and
visualization for business and economics are welcome additions.



http://www.value-networks.com/





Best wishes for an auspicious start to 2008 and all your value networks
initiatives!





Cheers,



-j

http://xri.net/=jheuristic



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